Head board bracket



M. R. ROSEN 2,734,203

HEAD BOARD BRACKET Feb. 14, 1956 Filed Feb. 8. 1954 INVENTOR. MA f2 V/A/ 72. Rosi/V United States Patent O HEAD BOARD BRACKET Marvin R. Rosen, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to Argo Metal Products, Inc., Cleveland, hio, a corporation of Ghio Application February 8, 1954, Serial No. 408,874 S Claims. (Cl. --285) This invention relates to improvements in brackets for' the support of head boards upon the frame of a so-called Hollywood bed.

One of the objects of the invention resides in the provision of a combined bracket and clamp for the reception of headboard posts of variable size.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clamp for the retention of the headboard without the use of screws or bolts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clamp and supporting bracket which is designed to accommodate the assembly of a headboard without the use of tools.

Further objects of the invention reside in the provision of a headboard support which is economic of production, eilicient of operation, sturdy of structure, and designed to facilitate the reception of a collapsed frame, having the brackets thereon in a carton of relatively small transverse section.

Other objects and advantages more or less ancillary to the foregoing, and the manner in which all the various objects are realized, will appear in the following description, which considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, sets forth the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a view in perspective of a bed frame having the improved brackets mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in perspective of one of the brackets illustrated in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View through the bracket, the section being taken on a plane indicated by the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

Referring rst to Fig. 2, the bracket comprises channel irons welded or otherwise ailixed in depending relation to the extended end portions of the side rails 11 of the frame. The ilanges 14 of the channels are provided with aligned laterally disposed pintles or posts 15 preferably formed by outwardly bent tabs struck thereon from the body of the flanges intermediate the ends of the channels. The shanks 16 of the pintles are mounted for sliding engagement in guideway slots 17 in the ilanged portions 18 of channeled shoes S mounted in telescopic relation with the channel irons 10. The free ends of the pintles protrude through the slots and the base of the slots 17 are widened and domed to facilitate the assembly of the shoes. The flanged portions 18 of the shoes and the slots 17 are inclined downwardly and outwardly from the web 19 of the shoes and the lower end thereof is folded inwardly normal to the face of the web, to form a stop 20 for the ends of the headboard posts 21.

In assembly the shoes are elevated until the outer wall or webs 19 of the shoes are suitably spaced, relative to the web 22 of the channel 1li, to facilitate the entry of the free lower ends of the headboard posts 21. Thereupon the headboard is dropped or driven downwardly into abutting engagement with the stops 20. As the headboard descends under the load or pressure applied upon the stop, the inclined slots will guide the shoes inwardly ice until the posts are impingedbetween the webs of the channels and inner faces of the shoes. During the de scent of the posts the shoes are free to pivot about the transversely aligned pintles 15 and thus effect the selfalignment of the headboard.

The channels 10 are of a suitable width to receive posts of the maximum size in common use, and the length of the slots and inclination thereof are designed to effectuate sufficient lateral movement of the shoes to accommodate the reception of posts of variable thickness. Hence all of the Hollywood headboards manufactured under the current standards of production, may be readily installed irrespective the source of manufacture thereof.

Although the foregoing description is necessarily of a detailed character, in order that the invention may be completely set forth, it is to be understood that the specific terminology is not intended to be restrictive or confining, and that various rearrangements of parts and modifications of detail may be resorted to without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention as herein claimed;

What is claimed is:

l. In a bed embodying frame side rails, a headboard and wooden posts of rectangular cross section depending therefrom, a clamp for connecting the posts to the side rails comprising a pair of channel irons ailixed to the end portion of the frame side rails in depending relation thereto, pintles protruding from the outer frame of the opposed llanges of said channels, channeled shoes having slots in the flanged portions thereof mounted in telescopic relation with said channel irons, said slots being inclined downwardly and outwardly from the web of channeled shoes and engaged with said pintles and stops in the lower ends of said shoes engageable with the ends of the posts on the headboard when inserted between the channel irons and channeled shoes.

2. In a bed embodying frame side rails, a headboard and wooden posts of rectangular cross section depending therefrom, a clamp for connecting the posts to the side rails comprising a channel iron aflixed to an end portion of a bed frame side rails, a channeled shoe telescopically engaged therewith, said shoe having downwardly and inwardly inclined slots in the flanged portions thereof, a stop in the base of said shoe, and laterally disposed pintles affixed on the flanges of said channel irons and protruding through said slots.

3. In a bed embodying frame side rails, a headboard and wooden posts of rectangular cross section depending therefrom, a clamp for connecting the posts to the side rails comprising a channel iron alixed to a bed frame, a flanged shoe telescopically engaged therewith, inclined guidcways in the flanged portions of said shoes, supporting means for said shoe on said channels engaged in said guidcways, and an abutment in the base of said shoe engaged with the ends of the headboard.

4. In a bed embodying frame side rails, a headboard and wooden posts of rectangular cross section depending therefrom, a clamp for connecting the posts to the side rails comprising a channel member ailixed to a bed frame, in normal relation thereto, a flanged shoe member arranged in telescopic relation with the ilanged portions of said channel iron, inwardly inclined guidcways on one of said members, transversely aligned pins on the other member operatively engaged with said guidcways, and a stop on said shoe adjacent the base thereof.

5. In a bed embodying frame side rails, a headboard and wooden posts of rectangular cross section depending therefrom, a clamp for connecting the posts to the side rails comprising a channel iron affixed to a bed frame, a channeled shoe telescopically engaged therewith, studs protruding laterally from the flanges of said channel iron, wedging means on said channeled shoe engaged with said studs and an abutment on said shoe for the operative con- 1,759,591 Pleister et al. May 20, 1930 trol of the wedging means. 2,582,832 Hopkins I an. 15, 1952 References Cited inthe le of this patent FOREIGN PATENTS 5 656,360 Germany Aug. 4, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENTS 351,143 Whittingham Oct. 19, 1886 

